Topic: Skiing

Olympics 2010; At Least One In Ten Athletes Were Injured In Vancouver

Medical News Today - 4 hours ago
According to research found in the esteemed British Journal of Sports Medicine, at least one in 10 athletes sustained an injury during the 2010...

At Least 1 in 10 Athletes Injured During 2010 Winter Olympics, Study Finds

Science Daily - 5 hours ago
At least one in 10 athletes sustained an injury and a further one in 14 fell ill during the 2010 Winter Olympics, held in Canada, reveals research...

First Heated Chair Lift To Debut At Park City's The Canyons This Ski Season

Huffington Post - 6 hours ago
Skiers at The Canyons in Park City, Utah will have the luxury of cushy tushies, thanks to what's being billed as the first heated bubble chairlift...

Work begins on expansion of Sugarloaf ski resort in Maine

Boston Herald - 6 hours ago
CARRABASSETT Work is under way to create hundreds of acres of new skiing terrain at the Sugarloaf ski resort in western Maine.. . Two five-man ...

Hawaii plant thought to be extinct found in Kohala

Las Vegas Sun - 6 hours ago
A Hawaiian plant species thought to be extinct has been found on the Big Island.. . The Nature Conservancy and Parker Ranch said Wednesday staff ...

Study: Olympic Curlers More Likely Than Luge Racers to Be Hurt

Wall Street Journal Health Blog - 8 hours ago
You could probably expect that when the world's best bobsledders, skiers, figure skaters and other winter Olympic athletes gather to compete, some...

Vail: Four Seasons Vail to Open in December, Possibly in Time for Santa Claus

Hotel Chatter - 7 days ago
We had hoped that the Four Seasons Vail would be open this summer but as it turns out, we now have something new to look forward to for the ski...

Olympic ski jumping: Canadians fail to qualify for final; German finishes on top

Sun Breaking News - 33 days ago
Canada's four Olympic ski jumpers failed to qualify for the finals during a qualification round Friday morning.German Michael Uhrmann finished at...

Cypress Olympic general admission tickets cancelled

Sun Breaking News - 33 days ago
The Vancouver Sun's Jeff Lee reports: The Vancouver Organizing Committee has cancelled about 20,000 general admission standing room tickets for all...

Lindsey Vonn leads Olympic women's downhill as falls plague competition

Sun Breaking News - 33 days ago
Falls are plaguing the Women's downhill competition at the 2010 Winter Games, with five of the first 21 competitors falling on the course. American...